Today's tutorial was a request from a follower who says "I made my first one [printable] a few weeks back, but had some trouble keeping everything lined up the same." I hope this helps. I don't know who you are (my suggestion form is nameless), but good for you! Making sure your product doesn't throw us type-A people into a mental breakdown. :)

I know this is another pet peeve of mine... misaligned printables that require cutting. Would you be excited to cut this?

Trust me. Spending a few extra minutes to make sure everything is nicely aligned will be worth it. All of us Type-A (crazy) people will be satisfied... and you'll be putting paper trimmers to work around the world.

Type A people around the world (and me especially) thank you for your interventions. There is nothing worse that getting something from TpT to find out that I won't use it because I can't stand looking at it!

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Ashley

4/2/2013 03:58:53 am

Haha! Thanks Diane. If I can prevent even one printable from having misaligned boxes, then I'll be happy. ;)

That was my question! Thanks for answering. I'm such a newbie at powerpoint! I'll probably have more questions in the future, and am so grateful to have someone to help.

Linda

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Rachel

4/2/2013 11:49:10 am

I've been toying with the idea of starting my own blog/TpT store for a few months now and these videos are GREAT. I keep pinning them because I know when (if?) I get started I will definitely need them.

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kylie

4/2/2013 03:37:30 pm

Thank you for such great suggestions. Im always strugglying with aligning items up exactly and the exact width apart so I am so pleased to have learnt a new trick. Appreciate it.

I just saw this! I am OCD about alignment too, but I started using publisher on my computer at school to solve the problem! If word had the same blue alignment lines that pages had the world would be an OCD persons dream!

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Leila H

4/29/2013 12:33:11 pm

Thank you for the tutorial. I use the guidelines as well, but I am so glad you showed us the format: align option. And, I can group and center them!?! Awesome! Very helpful. I will be viewing more of your tutorials.
Thanks!

Oh my gosh! I have just started to brave the world of Powerpoint after two and a half decades of MS Word love, & this was absolutely the most unbearable thing for me: I just couldn't figure out how to align boxes on Powerpoint! Thank you, you're a legend! :)

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Lesa

7/25/2014 12:22:20 pm

Thank you so much! That was SO helpful! I appreciate how you got right to the topic and kept it quick and focused too! Thanks!!

I love using all of these different ways but I've never thought about using a shape the size I want to help me make sure the objects are a certain distance apart!! That is SO useful!! Thank you SO much!!